Improved detection of incipient vascular changes by a biotechnological platform combining post mortem MRI in situ with neuropathology

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Grinberg, Lea Tenenholz ^a,b,c   Amaro Junior, Edson ^a   da Silva, Alexandre Valotta ^d   da Silva, Rafael Emidio ^a,b   Sato, João Ricardo ^e   dos Santos, Denis Dionizio ^a   de Paula Pacheco, Silmara ^a   de Lucena Ferretti, Renata Eloah ^a   Paraizo Leite, Renata Elaine ^a   Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto ^a   Teipel, Stefan J ^g   Flatz, Wilhelm H ^f   Heinsen, Helmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Autopsy; Correlation; Leukoaraiosis; Methods; MRI; Neuroimaging; Neuropathology; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 67650119266     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.327     Document Type: Article

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